Mary is secretary at the Kaman Aircraft Corporation, Bloomfield, Conn, where her husband is employed as a mechanic. Her husband, Francis, previously conducted his own tobacco farm for several years and for a while, he was affiliated with Mary's family (H.C. Thrall & Sons) in the tobacco business. During World War II, he worked in defense at Colt Patent Fire Arms in Hartford, Conn. and later at Hamilton Standard Propeller at Windsor Locks. For two years, during 1952 and 1954, Mary and Francis conducted their own ceramic shop in Poquonock, Conn. [4]